“Reporting, Temple Lord, the Temple’s secret vault is located within the Offering Hall, guarded by Temple Sentinels. The key is your Spirit Void Ring. If the Temple Lord is interested, this subordinate can lead the way.”

While Wei Bofang was still in a daze, Zhuge Jun had already taken the lead.

After all, he had to maintain the image of a forthright minister. Sometimes, holding back was inevitable, and the first request of the newly appointed Temple Lord Du Gu was indeed difficult to anticipate.

On the other hand, Zhuge Jun was shameless, only seeking to please the Temple Lord, with no reservations.

The Spirit Void Ring represented the identity of the Spirit Void Temple Lord. Apart from its storage function, it had no other special abilities, and its storage space wasn’t even that large, not even as good as a regular storage box. Perhaps it was just that it was historically significant, and its intrinsic symbolic meaning.

Dou Mian had already handed it over to him.

The ring was naturally empty. Dou Mian had cleared out all the valuable items.

Jiang Wang played with the black ring in his hand, the words “Spirit Void” engraved on the ring’s inner circumference.

He was very satisfied with Zhuge Jun’s “understanding,” so he said directly, “Take me to have a look.”

Until now, Jiang Wang could be considered to have formally taken over the Spirit Void Temple, but the Cloud Top Immortal Palace in his Five府 Sea had no reaction. He guessed that perhaps what was important was some kind of keepsake within the Spirit Void Temple, or some kind of inheritance, so he first proposed going to the secret vault.

Zhuge Jun happily led the way, and Jiang Wang added, “Chief Wei, come along too.”

Wei Bofang, who was still regretting missing the opportunity, immediately perked up. “The Temple Lord’s order is my command.”

The entire Spirit Void Temple didn’t even have a powerhouse at the Outer Building realm. Perhaps the former Temple Lord and protectors were, but they had all been dealt with by Dou Mian.

The current protectors and elders were all at the Inner Mansion realm. The two slightly stronger protectors had already left with Dou Mian. In Jiang Wang’s view, these remaining people were not even as strong as Zhong Qin, who had died on Delayed Cloud Mountain.

Zhuge Jun, the newly appointed elder, was only at the peak of the Soaring Dragon realm.

Such a sect’s strength was certainly greater than that of a general city-state, but compared to the Azure Clouds Tower, which also had origins with the Cloud Top Immortal Palace, the gap was too large. It was no wonder that they had little autonomy in a small country like Cheng, and were easily subdued by Dou Mian.

The Spirit Void Temple was, of course, worth managing. But its location in a place like Cheng Kingdom meant that it lacked room for growth for Jiang Wang.

Despite this, it didn’t prevent him from trying to win over people and “tame” his subordinates. Understanding the ways of the world was a path to cultivation.

The Offering Hall was one of the three important halls of the Spirit Void Temple. Besides the council hall where they had been earlier, there was also the Legacy Hall.

This hall was used to enshrine the incense of the past Temple Lords, and also served as a secret vault.

There was no cliché event of a Temple Sentinel not recognizing the new Temple Lord, sticking to his post and not allowing Jiang Wang to enter.

Wei Bofang’s old face already had enough clout in the Spirit Void Temple, and Jiang Wang was wearing the Spirit Void Ring. No one would be so foolish as to stop him.

The three entered the Offering Hall. In front of the main hall stood the tablets of the past Temple Lords of the Spirit Void Temple. They were placed high up, solemn and respectful.

A huge incense burner in front of these tablets emitted wisps of green smoke.

Jiang Wang offered a stick of incense as a gesture and joked, “Should we put up Dou Mian’s tablet as well?”

Wei Bofang and Zhuge Jun looked at each other, not daring to respond.

They were not yet clear about the new Temple Lord’s character. They didn’t know if he wanted to kill Dou Mian, or if he was serious or joking.

They had personally seen Jiang Wang return the Heaven’s Wild Blade to Dou Mian, a scene that was enough to show that Dou Mian, a powerful Inner Mansion cultivator from the prestigious Dou family, was at a disadvantage in front of Jiang Wang, and was even coerced into abdicating the position.

However, Jiang Wang might really dare to kill Dou Mian, but they wouldn’t even dare to think about it.

Jiang Wang felt bored by his newly acquired “subordinates”‘ timidity. He changed the subject, “Where’s the secret vault?”

This time, Wei Bofang was the first to speak. “It’s in the back hall. Only the Temple Lord can enter. You’ll know when you go in.”

He pointed to the ring imprint on the wall. “Align the Spirit Void Ring with this spot to open the back hall.”

The Spirit Void Ring was worn on the index finger of his left hand. Jiang Wang gently rubbed it with his thumb. Having been tricked into a formation by Lin Zhengren before, he looked at the two elders he had appointed, with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile. “There wouldn’t be any traps inside, would there?”

“How could there be? This subordinate would never dare to have any disloyal intentions towards the Temple Lord!” Zhuge Jun immediately declared his loyalty. Although, with his previous status, he probably didn’t even know what was in the secret vault.

Wei Bofang stepped forward and bowed. “If the Temple Lord would pardon this subordinate’s presumption, this subordinate is willing to enter with the Temple Lord to scout the way.”

This old fox, always flattering! Zhuge Jun cursed inwardly, regretting that he hadn’t thought of this way to express loyalty and get closer.

Listen to that!

Risking danger to scout the way for his master, what a sincere heart, what loyalty!

The problem was that they both knew that there was no danger in the Offering Hall. No Temple Lord had ever been said to have had an accident in the secret vault. This expression of loyalty was a free gain of goodwill, with no harm and all benefits.

Jiang Wang looked at them for a while and smiled. “Chief Elder’s loyalty is commendable. This one was just joking with you. Wait here. This one will be back soon.”

Zhuge Jun was an elder he had promoted today. Before this, no one could have guessed that he would simultaneously value Wei Bofang and Zhuge Jun, and these two would have had no chance to collude beforehand.

Judging from the performance of these two, the Offering Hall should be safe. But in case the Cloud Top Immortal Palace had any unusual reactions, he didn’t want these two to see it.

Even if he said he valued them, how could he truly trust these two?

So, Jiang Wang finally decided to go to the back hall himself.

Walking past the huge offering table where the tablets of the past Temple Lords of the Spirit Void Temple were enshrined, Jiang Wang extended his left hand, wearing the Spirit Void Ring, and embedded the ring into the imprint on the wall.

Rumble, rumble, the heavy gray-black wall separated.

Jiang Wang stepped in, and the wall closed again.

Frankly speaking, Jiang Wang was somewhat disappointed during the entire process of coming to the Offering Hall and entering the secret vault. The Spirit Void Temple’s so-called secret vault was not very secretive.

It seemed that anyone could easily enter if they killed the Temple Lord, seized the Spirit Void Ring, and entered.

Walking into the back hall, this sense of disappointment became even stronger.

What appeared in sight was indeed a grand and glorious hall. Various gorgeous supports vaguely spoke of past riches.

Unfortunately, most of the supports were empty, and even the few objects that remained were dim and dull, showing no signs of being precious.

But this was actually expected.

The Spirit Void Temple was crippled by Zhuang Chengqian many years ago. The remaining forces ran to Cheng Kingdom to settle down, surviving by a thread. After years of accumulation and recuperation, there was no improvement. Then, it was subdued by Dou Mian not long ago. Even if there were any treasures in the original secret vault, they would not be able to survive by now.

If Jiang Wang knew that the Wandering Weng had also infiltrated the Spirit Void Temple to plot, then there would be even less to be disappointed about.

This place had long been riddled with holes.

Jiang Wang didn’t have high expectations for the treasures in the secret vault. What troubled him was that if there were no suitable keepsakes in the Spirit Void Temple, or if that thing had long been lost… what would happen to his Cloud Top Immortal Palace?

Could it be that the clue blurted out by the White Cloud Boy was not the real clue?

Just as he thought of the White Cloud Boy, movement came from the Cloud Top Immortal Palace in the Five府 Sea.

Jiang Wang opened his mouth and spat out a White Cloud Boy, about half a finger in size, riding on flowing clouds and drifting out leisurely.